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Windows 10 toolbar: Here's how Microsoft is adding news, weather and traffic

Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 a source of real-time weather and traffic information for users on the move.

January 14, 2021 by Liam Tung

Leaked documents indicate Microsoft's Windows 10X will be coming to clamshell laptops

Microsoft looks to be making Windows 10X available not just on dual-screen and foldable devices, but on clamshell laptops, as well, according to newly leaked documents.

October 26, 2019 by Mary Jo Foley

Microsoft commits to eliminating Flash support in Windows by 2020

Microsoft is going public with its step-by-step plan for removing Adobe Flash support in Windows by the end of 2020.

July 25, 2017 by Mary Jo Foley

Yes, Windows 10 runs great on old hardware

Can you run Windows 10 on a PC that's eight years old? Oh yes, and it runs spectacularly well.

February 8, 2016 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Microsoft needs to fit Windows 10 with a data collection 'off switch'

Microsoft is collecting telemetry from PCs running Windows 10 and I'm OK with that, but what I'm not OK with is the fact that there's no off switch. In fact, I can't understand why Microsoft wants to get into a privacy brawl with Windows 10 users at such a critical time.

November 4, 2015 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Get your PC ready for Windows 10

Microsoft has announced that Windows 10 will land on July 29, and that means that if you want to be ready for it when it arrives, you have a couple of months to prepare.

June 1, 2015 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

MIT professor: Windows 8 is a Christmas gift for 'someone you hate'

MIT Prof. Philip Greenspun pours condemnation on Microsoft's latest operating system, but some of his criticisms are misplaced.

December 7, 2012 by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Dogfooding Windows 8: six long-term Windows 8 users tell all

We've all read the reviews. Many of us have installed Windows 8 in a virtual machine or on a test box. But how is Windows 8 to use, for real, day after day? We asked six users who've been using Windows 8 daily for their opinions. Their answers may surprise you.

November 26, 2012 by David Gewirtz

The second big change

Don Ferguson, CA's CTO was one of the pioneers of the software revolution that built much of today's Internet, driving the n-tier model that powers much of the web in his role of Chief Architect of IBM's Websphere application server. At CAworld last week I sat down to talk with him about how he saw the future of software – especially around the model-driven development, orchestration and management framework that CA was proposing.

November 21, 2011 by Simon Bisson

How Siri and Windows Phone voice recognition differ

There's a slightly weird, slightly sad video for the TellMe service that Microsoft bought, merged into its own voice recognition offerings and used for the voice recognition, control and search on Windows Phone. It shows a Siri-style service that fast-forwards a couple of gal pals through planning and celebrating a wedding - only with the kind of really long-term interactions you need to accomplish anything more complex than a Web search or putting an appointment in the diary.

November 4, 2011 by Simon Bisson